Delita Martin (born 1972) is an American multimedia artist based in Huffman, Texas.[1]

Early life and education

Delita Martin was born in 1972 in Conroe, Texas. She attended Texas Southern University in Houston, receiving a BFA in drawing in 2002.[1] She then earned her MFA in printmaking from Purdue University in 2009.[2] She taught at University of Arkansas at Little Rock.[3]

Martin has stated that she knew she wanted to be an artist since she was five years old as she was exposed to art through her father's work as a carpenter and painter.[4]

Career

As a multidisciplinary artist, Martin works across various techniques including printmaking, painting and stitching which incorporates indigenous and modern art-making.[5] Martin uses storytelling to provide a platform for Black women who have often been marginalized.[6] She frequently uses symbolism such as moons to represent women and birds to represent the human spirit.[7] Many of her works contain West African masks which highlight the connection between the mortal and spiritual world.[7] Martin's influences include Elizabeth Catlett, whose work she was introduced to as an undergraduate student.[8] Delita is also inspired by the African aesthetics she has learned exists throughout Black culture.[9]

Martin had her first show at the Community Artists' Collective and was an education coordinator for the nonprofit.[10][11] She later founded her own studio, Black Box Press, in 2008. She was a lecturer at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in the Fine Arts department from 2008 to 2012.[2] Her work has been shown in the Havana Biennial and in Art Basel Miami.[5] She is a founding member of Black Women of Print, a printmaking collective for Black women which was founded in 2018.[5][12] She is also a member of the ROUX artist collective alongside Ann Johnson, Rabéa Ballin, and Lovie Olivia.[13][14] Delita has been featured as a black woman artist to have on your radar by Marie Claire.[15] She was a juror for “The Contemporary Print: 5×5,” at PrintAustin.[16]

Permanent collections of Delita Martin's works are held by National Museum of Women in the Arts,[17] Salamander Resort,[18] Minneapolis Institute of Art,[19] Bradbury Art Museum,[20] C.N. Gorman Museum,[21] Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art,[22] David C. Driskell Center,[23] Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American-Art,[24] Studio Museum in Harlem,[25] Thrivent Financial,[26] William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum,[26] US Embassy (Mauritania),[27] Muscarelle Museum of Art, and the Georgetown University Art Collection[28] and more.

Awards

  • Bruce J. and Sharon Goodman Merit Award (2006)[5]
  • Telly Award (2010)
  • Barbara Deming Emerging Voices Award (2011)

Exhibitions

  • 2017 They Cried I Am, Gallery 221, Tampa, FL
  • 2017 Two Skins, Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
  • 2017 Black Birds in the Night Sky, Gallery 221, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL
  • 2017 Constellations, Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA[29]
  • 2017 I Come from Women Who Could Fly, Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Of Art, Biloxi, MS
  • 2017 Night Women, Annesdale Park Gallery, Memphis, TN
  • 2017 Night Women, Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
  • 2018 The Dinner Table, Art Gallery, Houston TX (June–July 2018)[30]
  • 2018 Between Sisters and Spirits, Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston, TX (January 2018)
  • 2018 Between Sisters and Spirits, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD (November 2018–February 2019)
  • 2019 Shadows in the Gardens, Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA (April–May 2019)
  • 2019 Mapping Black Identities, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (February 2019 - September 2020)[31]
  • 2019, [Un]Common Collections: Selections from Fifteen Collectors, David C. Driskill Center, College Park, MD (September 2019-November 2019)[32]
  • 2020 Calling Down the Spirits, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (January 2020–April 2020)[5][33]
  • 2021 Conjure, Art Museum of Southeast Texas (March 13, 2021 – May 23, 2021)[34]

Publications

  • 2013 Patton, Venetria. The Grasp that Reaches Beyond the Grave. (cover art)
  • 2015 Spencer‐Stonestree, Tracy. "Artists to Watch." The International Review for African American Art, Vol. 25, No. 3, Hampton University Museum.
  • 2016 Oxford American Magazine, Issue 95, Winter 2016.
  • 2017 The Black Scholar, Volume 47, Issue 4, Winter. (cover art)
  • 2018 Word, Tanekeya. "Black Womanhood & The Creative Process." Pressing Matters Magazine, Issue 03, Print Communications, United Kingdom.
  • 2020 Wicked Flesh: Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World. (cover art)
  • 2020 "The Blessing and Burden of Forever" Oxford American Magazine, Issue 109/110, Fall 2020,

References

  1. ^ a b "Delita Martin Paints an Invitation Into the Spiritual Realm". Texas Monthly. March 16, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Butcher, Jesse (March 21, 2017). "Interview With Delita Martin". Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "Delita Martin - Bio - Galerie Myrtis". Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  4. ^ Ford, Kody (February 12, 2015). "Artists We Love: Delita Martin". The Idle Class. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e MacConomy, Kelly (February 4, 2020). "Rising Up to Calling Down the Spirits: The Art of Delita Martin". The Zebra. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  6. ^ "About Delita". Black Box Press Studio. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Delita Martin: Calling Down the Spirits". National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  8. ^ Clancy, Sean (January 13, 2019). "Past meets present at exhibition; 'On Their Own Terms' juxtaposes works by contemporary black artists and those who influenced them". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  9. ^ Martin, Delita (2019). Shadows in the Garden. Black Box Press Studio. p. 65. ISBN 9781732081703.
  10. ^ Brent, Kim (April 3, 2021). "Discovering 'Conjure': Identity of Black women at fore of artist's AMSET exhibit". Beaumont Enterprise. pp. C9.
  11. ^ Rozen, Daphne (March 20, 2003). "Connecting to one's own creative self - Collective changes the way people think about art through education". Houston Chronicle. p. 1.
  12. ^ "About". Black Women of Print. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  13. ^ Asakura, Sophie. "Interview: Lovie Olivia". Art League Houston. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  14. ^ "ROUX". Galveston Arts Center. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  15. ^ DiTrolio, Megan (August 24, 2020). "The Black Women Artists to Have on Your Radar". Marie Claire. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  16. ^ "PrintAustin: A Sightlines Discussion with Delita Martin". Sightlines. January 10, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  17. ^ "National Museum of Women in the Arts Announces New Acquisitions". NMWA. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  18. ^ "Black Box Press Studio on Instagram: "Repost from @galeriemyrtis • Enjoying Delita Martin work at Salamander Resort. Thank you Jessica Stafford Davis for making this possible.…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  19. ^ "A Wiki Edit-a-Thon Dedicated to Women Artists of Color". Archived from the original on August 12, 2020.
  20. ^ "Delita Martin". Bradbury Art Museum. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  21. ^ "C.N. Gorman Museum Collection". gormanmuseum.ucdavis.edu. Archived from the original on September 26, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  22. ^ "Delita Martin | State of The Art". Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  23. ^ "Press Release: The Last Ten Years: In Focus". driskellcenter.umd.edu. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  24. ^ "Delita Martin". Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  25. ^ "Studio Museum in Harlem Collection". Archived from the original on September 20, 2020.
  26. ^ a b "Delita Martin Resume" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 26, 2021.
  27. ^ "Delita Martin – U.S. Department of State". Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  28. ^ "New Acquisitions Explore Art as Activism". www.library.georgetown.edu. May 4, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  29. ^ Baker, David T. (August 2, 2017). "Whitney's White Linen Night: A showcasing of artists of color". The Louisiana Weekly. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  30. ^ "Houston Artist Delita Martin Gives Black Women a Seat at the Table in New Exhibit". The Texas Observer. June 20, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  31. ^ "'Black Identities' exhibit marks cultural shift". MPR News. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  32. ^ "Press Release: [Un]Common Collections: Selections from Fifteen Collectors". driskellcenter.umd.edu. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  33. ^ "From the Curator: Inside "Delita Martin: Calling Down the Spirits" | Broad Strokes Blog". NMWA. April 27, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  34. ^ Burleigh, Dawn (February 24, 2021). "Exhibit telling the stories of Black Women will open at AMSET in spring". Orange Leader. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
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